Not Heav'n itself upon the past has pow'r; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.

Imitators are but a servile kind of cattle.

Imitation pleases, because it affords matter for inquiring into the truth or falsehood of imitation, by comparing its likeness or unlikeness with the original.

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.

The elephant is never won by anger; nor must that man who would reclaim a lion take him by the teeth.

To breed up the son to common sense is evermore the parent's least expense.

None are so busy as the fool and the knave.